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remove

[ri-moov]

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verb (used with object)

to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.

to take off or shed (an article of clothing): to remove one's jacket.

to move or shift to another place or position; transfer: She removed the painting to another wall.

to put out; send away: to remove a tenant.

to dismiss or force from a position or office; discharge: They removed him for embezzling.

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to take away, withdraw, or eliminate: to remove the threat of danger.

to get rid of; do away with; put an end to: to remove a stain; to remove the source of disease.

to kill; assassinate.

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verb (used without object)

to move from one place to another, especially to another locality or residence: We remove to Newport early in July.

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to go away; depart; disappear.

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noun

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the act of removing.

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a removal from one place, as of residence, to another.

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the distance by which one person, place, or thing is separated from another: to see something at a remove.

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a mental distance from the reality of something as a result of psychological detachment or lack of experience: to criticize something at a remove.

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a degree of difference, as that due to descent, transmission, etc.: a folk survival, at many removes, of a druidic rite.

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a step or degree, as in a graded scale.

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British. a promotion of a pupil to a higher class or division at school.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English removen (v.) < Old French remouvoir < Latin removēre. See re-, move

Related forms

pre·re·move, verb (used with object), -moved, -mov·ing.

Synonyms
1. dislodge. 3. displace, transport. 8. murder.

Antonyms
1. leave. 9. remain.

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Example Sentences

Is there a way to remove all of them except the ones that actually marks the.

Students can add, remove and change words and the match will still be shown.

The agony involved raises the question of why women increasingly feel the need to remove a natural covering of hair.

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Is there a way to remove all of them except the ones that actually marks the.

Students can add, remove and change words and the match will still be shown.

The agony involved raises the question of why women increasingly feel the need to remove a natural covering of hair.

It's possible to remove tough, greasy stains with gentle products that do not contain harmful chemical detergents.

As a result, processes have been developed to remove the compound.

After examining the patient, the doctors concurred that it was not possible to remove the bullet.

Thin the bush about a month before the last predicted frost to remove dead, old, or weak canes or canes that cross through.

We're now looking into the new videos that have been raised with us and will remove all those which break our rules”.

Here are step-by-step methods to remove and block those pesky advertiser cookies.

Then it said it would remove them from its e-mail list.

To remove one possible bias-that litter encourages more litter-the researchers inconspicuously picked up each castaway flyer.

Birds remove insect pests from the backs of rhinos and warn of danger.

Technological advances remove basis for government oversight of genetically modified crops.

Others have suggested that the hosts either can't recognize foreign eggs or are too small to remove them.

In cold-winter climates, where freeze damage occurs, remove all dead and injured stems.

Using your free hand, remove the cap from the rear of the shot.

Mexico to refine a green way to remove dangerous contaminants from drinking water.

Once granted, a service or benefit is hard to remove because recipients campaign for its retention.

New science shows peels can remove heavy metals from water.

The tobacco industry has known for decades how to remove a dangerous isotope from cigarettes but has done nothing about it.

Put tomatoes through food mill or press through strainer to remove seeds and peel.

Remove any dead material from the previous season as new growth resumes.

Microsoft said it will release other tools at a later date to remove only the offending characters.

The department head had no recourse but to remove the director, immediately.

Your life-jacket can be found under your seat, but please do not remove it now.

Remove and condense the organic matter, called sludge, which settles to the bottom of the tank.

Synthetic chemists routinely use these compounds to remove protons from substances.

The government plans to remove all people living in the park, but it has no timetable.

Before you decide that you need to remove it and start over from.

They would need to remove the blank using a wire to make the lock operational for other keys.

Rather than remove anxiety, though, this became a problem for some students.

The recession threatened to remove the advertising and readers that had not already fled.

Remove a small number of cake pops at a time from the refrigerator, while you dip.

The gas carries away heat with it, helping to remove heat from your skin.

Her task is to remove the last layer of deteriorated paper that backs the.

Clean the trim around your window with a solution of mild dish detergent and water to remove dirt and grease.

Doctors used to wait until a patient's heart stopped beating to remove donated organs.

Similar to find and replace, this command allows you to remove a set number of characters from file names.

Her critics on the left always said far more force was needed to remove it.

One such process is phytoremediation, by which plants remove heavy metals, such as.

Additionally, tractors and skidders used to remove the hardwoods destroy the forest floor and promote additional logging.

Workers will remove the marble panels that currently block the view to the museum's third floor.

Remove the chicken from the skewers to a serving platter and serve with white rice.

The article has been updated to remove the reference.

Remove from heat and chill until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon.

It took over four years for the government to remove an inhabited block of flats so that.

Remove any cushions, pillows or covers from the piece and take them outdoors to the lawn.

Remove the appendages and let them cool so they can be comfortably handled.

After the rice has cooled, machines remove the hulls and sort the grains by size.

Remove the can from the rear vent, and cut and fit a piece of the.

Internet users are mystified by a tricky browser add-on that installs itself without permission and defies attempts to remove it.

The containers have to be reset regularly to remove oil from the material after it has reached its capacity.

Deans and provosts can't remove elderly professors who take up slots that could fund two or three younger colleagues.

Remove unnecessary packaging before leaving home and store items in reusable containers.

To put information in the public specter and then remove it is another statement of how bad it is getting.

Remove the mussels that did not open and serve the remaining.

Remove side stems on the trunk up to the point where you want branching to begin.

The only option they had was to remove the battery.

Wikipedia editors or administrators might remove some entries.

The effect was to clear out the incompetents but also remove those who were merely unlucky.

They anesthetized her to remove a piece of her scalp and skull and fold back a protective membrane underneath.

In creating a novel organism, they will also remove key metabolic pathways so that it could never survive in the wild.

Ng used delicate brushes and mild solutions, some as basic as distilled water, to remove centuries of dust and dirt.

When new shoots appear in spring, remove all but the two or three strongest and apply a complete fertilizer.

Remove the back panel and the battery and place to the side.

No doubt, though, it will occur to society's nannies to remove the temptation altogether.

Remove cores, seeds and any other bits that might be tough for your baby to digest.

But without oxygen, their energy is depleted and they are powerless to remove it.

Cut it into quarters, lengthwise, and remove the spongy core.

Also remove plants that have begun to flower, since they can ripen seed even.

First take the torx bolt out slide the face plate off and remove few phillips screws.

The first is to remove the bar on the president's serving more than two six-year terms.

Remove the backbone and the tail, then separate the fillets.

Spiral arms remove angular momentum from the center of the galaxy, allowing it to achieve a state of higher binding energy.

The big mining machines remove tons of coal and expose hundreds of square meters of rocks.

Remove from the heat and stir in the honey and lemon juice.

Remove the color in your photo-editing software to.

Were a magic wand to remove uncertainty, the next few quarters would still be.

Remove the bottle cap and place the neck of the funnel into the mouth of the bottle.

Don't remove the toothpick-leave it stuck in the cup to ensure a gentle trickle of water when you fill it.

Postmasters were encouraged to monitor citizens' mail and remove anything that they deemed related to abolitionism.

But pieces of stem can reroot readily, so be sure to remove them from the garden.

Whitney figured he could make himself rich by inventing a machine to quickly remove those seeds.

The wearer need remove it only at night, when he goes to bed.

To remove the photo permanently from the desktop, locate the photo on the hard drive and drag it to the trash.

It is impossible to remove it entirely with filtration.

With video clips edited to remove scores of bodies flying through.

Also remove plants that have begun to flower, since they can ripen seed even after.

If you don't want to share any information anymore, the site also lets you remove yourself completely.

If they fail to escape, it will instead be the police who bundle up and remove their goods.

But a new study shows that banana peels can remove metal contamination from river water.

The water purification systems do not remove pharma drugs from drinking water.

Remove one of the beaters and tape your blood sample to the other one.

Pulling usually doesn't remove these underground structures completely, and the weeds can resprout from fragments left behind.

The law requires a permit to remove any tree above a certain size.

Closed systems, goes the argument, remove choice and ramp up prices.

Please have students remove shoes before walking on the map.

However, eradicating mosquitoes to solve these diseases is akin to having a surgeon use a sledge hammer to remove a brain tumor.

Remove from grill and top with toasted or candied walnuts.

Mash mixture through a fine-mesh strainer or a food mill into a bowl to remove skins.

Remove older, unproductive branches, cutting back to new branches.

Smooth your surface, remove weeds, and outline the edges.

Empty and rinse all your recyclables to remove food residue and other debris.

Meanwhile he continued to remove foxes from other islands.

Best to remove twiggy or crowded stems annually, but for best appearance don't prune further.

Green oven cleaners remove messes without releasing irritating vapors.

Do a thorough fall cleanup and remove all debris from the ground below trees.

These holes connect to tubes called tracheae, which transport oxygen to cells and remove carbon dioxide.

Before planting bulbs, remove any injured portions, then let the bulbs callus in a cool place for a few hours before planting.

Need little pruning except to remove wayward or dead growth.

Remove the metal fence and the expanse of concrete beyond.

Remove winter mulch in spring to hasten soil warming.

Remove air bubbles by running a clean knife inside the rim of each jar.

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World English Dictionary

remove (rɪˈmuːv)

—vb
1.	to take away and place elsewhere
2.	to displace (someone) from office; dismiss
3.	to do away with (a grievance, cause of anxiety, etc); abolish
4.	to cause (dirt, stains, or anything unwanted) to disappear; get rid of
5.	euphemistic to assassinate; kill
6.	formal (intr) to change the location of one's home or place of business: the publishers have removed to Mayfair

—n
7.	the act of removing, esp (formal) a removal of one's residence or place of work
8.	the degree of difference separating one person, thing, or condition from another: only one remove from madness
9.	(Brit) (in certain schools) a class or form, esp one for children of about 14 years, designed to introduce them to the greater responsibilities of a more senior position in the school
10.	(at a formal dinner, formerly) a dish to be changed while the rest of the course remains on the table

[C14: from Old French removoir, from Latin removēre; see move]

re'movable

—*adj*

remova'bility

—n

re'movableness

—n

re'movably

—*adv*

re'mover

—n

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Word Origin & History

remove

c.1300, from O.Fr. remouvoir, from L. removere "move back or away," from re- "back, away" + movere "to move" (see move). The noun is first recorded 1553, "act of removing;" sense of "space or interval by which one thing is distant from another" is attested from 1628.

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